NOAA State of the Climate 2009

I've been looking for a "state of the world" article for the class I will be teaching in Lund. Today, NOAA released their annual report on the state of the climate. That is an excellent example of the kind of thing I'm looking for. Now, if I could cover energy trends, pollutants, biodiversity etc. as well as the climate in one article that would be great. It's pretty easy to find reports on such topics but as the course is a very short one we can't overload the students with readings.

Here is the summary figure of the report:



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